1880s Wardrobes and Armoires

This is an impressive antique Victorian Sheraton Revival flame mahogany, satinwood and boxwood breakfront wardrobe, by Marsh Jones Cribb & Co, of Leeds and Cavendish Square London, C...

19th century painted tapered Chinese cabinet. Having elaborate panels with gilt painting and raised moldings. Warm red lacquer adorned with black lacquer and gilt painting. Framing the panels recessed into the molding are remnants of crushed seashell used...

The French custom of a father's gift to his newborn daughter was the crafting or purchase of an armoire carved with symbols of plenty and happiness, which stored her trousseau to use...

19th century gilt painted wardrobe cabinet. A very special Qing dynasty dressing wardrobe cabinet elaborately decorated with fine and exceptional gilt painting. Landscapes of mounta...

French Arts & Crafts walnut mirror double door armoire This is a good quality tall piece not surprising as it is made in figured walnut and has...

Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) for Gillow and co., a rare and important walnut, amboyna, ebonized, and gilt bedroom suite, each with differing carved rosettes, comprising: a triple mirror door wardrobe, 208cm high, 208cm wide, 58cm deep; a pair of bedside lockers, 85cm high, 38cm wide; and a pair of single bedsteads, 124cm wide Provenance: The famous Argentinian writer and suffragette Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979), bought from her estate and shipped back from Argentina. Bruce James Talbert originally trained as a carver and then an architect, and he became an influential and very successful furniture designer. He served an apprenticeship in Dundee and had his own carving business for two years where he learned the skills to apply carved details to furniture and then joined the architectural offices of Charles Edward. In 1856 he moved to Glasgow and worked for the architects W. N. Tait and Campbell Douglas. He moved to Manchester in the early 1860s, where he gained employment with the cabinetmakers Doveston, Bird, and Hull, which was short-lived, then moved to Coventry gaining work with Skidmore's Art Manufactures. In 1863 he won the competition to design the masthead for 'The Building News and in the mid-1860s moved to London, where he started designing furniture for Holland and Sons. His 'Pericles' Gothic sideboard was displayed on their stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867 where it was the Grand Prix winner. It was at this point that his most prolific period began and also when he started designing furniture for Gillows of Lancaster in 1868. in the same year, he published his very influential first book 'Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes', which he dedicated to George Edmund Street. This was followed in 1876 by 'Examples of Ancient and Modern Furniture, Metalwork, Tapestries and Modern Furniture' and in 1881 by 'Fashionable Furniture. Other companies he designed for were Marsh, Jones and Cribb, Jackson and Graham, and for a short time, was a partner with Daniel Cottier. He designed textiles for Templeton's, Warner's, Cowlishaw, and Barbour and Miller; carpet designs for Templeton's and Brinton and Co.; and his wallpaper designs were printed by Jeffrey and Co. He also designed church metalwork and furniture for Cox and Sons...

Important and rare antique solid walnut cabinet, 19th century. Characterized by a refined hand carving of the wood on the front doors. The...

Two door French walnut armoire with arched top and shaped panelled doors. refinished and in great condition. France circa 1880.

We are delighted to offer this very well made antique Hungarian hand painted Housekeepers pot cupboard circa 1880 Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers wi...

Late 19th century French Mirror with oak frame. Little columns frame the mirror, Louis XVI style Beveled mirror. Good furniture for an entry or for a spacious room. Good antique ...

This is a superb carved walnut Renaissance Revival Victorian era armoire of extraordinary design and scale. The carving and design are unmistakably done by Daniel Pabst in our opinio...

Large two-door wardrobe in ash and cherry with fillet band inlays and ebonised columns. The cornice with accentuated pediment and ebonised segmental elements is inscribed: Elise Freu...

A Charming Single Wardrobe Compactum in Ash and Bur Walnut A Golden Ash and Bur Walnut Arts and Crafts Compactum, this is a beautiful and very useful piece. On one side there is a single width lined...

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning highly collectible Victorian pine housekeepers cupboard for linens or pots A very charming and highly collectable piece, this is one...

in the style of the Baroque this armadio features a serpentine shaped front with flared sides, the case is constructed of walnut with burl walnut veneers, the interior fitted with co...

Antique italian wardrobe in walnut veneer wood made in late 19th century. Very particular wardrobe characterized by a slender upper part with a geometric line frame. Equipped with tw...